The body of Cristofaro Gambino, 68, of Elizabethtown, was found lying on the berm of westbound 283 just west of Strickler Road in Rapho Township about 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4. Police think he had gotten out of his pickup truck, which was parked along the road.

Now Brian Myers has been charged in the incident. He is accused of hitting Gambino with his 2001 Buick Century, causing Gambino's death, and then leaving the scene. Investigators said a data recorder in the vehicle indicated that Myers was going 78 mph when he hit Gambino.

Myers is also accused of tampering with evidence.

"(Myers) did conceal his vehicle … at his place of employment in a non-employee parking area, then drove the vehicle home, cleaning blood and glass off the vehicle with the intent to alter, destroy, conceal or remove evidence of the accident," the criminal complaint states.

The complaint also states that Myers was driving with a suspended license.

Myers has been arraigned and is now free on bail.

Anonymous tip

An anonymous call led investigators to Myers, according to the affidavit of probable cause. Police received the call the day after the crash. The caller said they had seen a vehicle in the M&M Mars parking lot that had blood on the windshield as well as significant front-end damage.

When police went to look for the vehicle, it was gone. However, surveillance video showed the vehicle parking in the lot the previous evening at a time consistent with the crash, according to the document. From there, police were able to track the vehicle registration to a Lancaster address.

A detective went to the address and spotted the Buick parked behind the residence, its front end facing toward a wooded area, the affidavit states. The detective said he could see that the front end was damaged and that there was a large hole in the windshield surrounded by what appeared to be blood. The detective also reported seeing what appeared to be human hair in cracks on the windshield. Based on these observations, police got a search warrant for the vehicle.

Police said when they asked Myers about the damaged vehicle, he told them he did not drive the vehicle because of a suspended license and that his wife used the car, according to the affidavit. The document states that Myers said he noticed the damage when his wife picked him up from work and he didn't know how it happened.

According to the affidavit, Myers did tell his HR manager at M&M Mars about the incident. The document states that he said, "I hit him. He has a name. I know his age. I hit him and I killed him."

Another co-worker told police that Myers told him he had hit a deer and it had set off the air bags.